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Bone imaging whole body with SPECT/CT

Date: Aug 24, 2020

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How should bone imaging whole body with SPECT/CT be coded? Is it only code 78830, or 78306 for planar whole body and 78830 for SPECT/CT? Does SPECT/CT include bone imaging whole body, or can two codes be billed separately?

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